Academic Writing

An article from ‘High- fmrh Tinum mugazi’ne’July 2012 v_ . . g
Here I am on a rainy Sunday on the edge of cyberspace. The afternoon is grey Q ‘ e’,’;
outside I think I’m going to stay indoors and listen to some music on Spotlly or You > ~ ‘ ii: , g
Tube I can stay Inside all day long but at the some time I can travel all over the
Wol’id I can see rock concerts In America I can even go back In time and see rock T
concerts that happened long before I was born I might even go and see the famous A . -_ »f__:.‘.
Woodstock Festival of 1969. . ‘ .’;’_i
when that is finished I am going to travel across cyberspace to the places where ’ /;’ ;gv’l,”‘_S‘ -.5,‘ ‘o
my friends live, as I check out their pictures on Facebook. Some of them are in Italy. I , . ‘ 4?; -y
can see Rome where the sun is shining on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. Others are m V: r‘. _.’ V I” Vgsi
in Thailand on holidays where the sun always shines A couple are in Australia where _ . 3 ‘ L
it’s winter but then the Australian winter has far better weather than the British ‘ _ . ‘ . V
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So what does all this mean? Well for me it means that I don’t have to go anywhere 3 “_-1’
if! order to see the world and do exciting things. I can sit in front of my computer and I 2 I -‘f,..
can travel through cyberspace to anywhere that I want to go. I can even visit . :4 e 7
shopping centres with all the latest brands and gadgets I can get souvenirs from , [ _ ~ W
Japan or even South Africa without ever leaving my seat It might be raining outside . ‘-A-‘ ‘I -‘7
but I am going to spend my day in the sunshine. And maybe that’s the next stage of . I
what technology can offer us. f l fir
We’ll be able to have virtual sunshine and virtual beaches. You’ll be able to reach ‘tr
into the screen and touch the waves, smell the salt in the air. and the sand in your _f A Y’

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Yes we are truly reaching the end of the tourism industry as we know it. Very soon
we are going to enter a world of travelling through technology. if we haven’t entered it L V‘ _ I .V
already Okay that’s enough of my blog for today. I’m off to get my sunglasses and ‘. 4
my beach slippers and going to join my friends on holiday in their latest photos on y; – -‘2 V

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-5’; – based in the world or business No film can be made before a complicated budget and ” , f‘

1 – anointing schedule have been prepared Making films is so expensive that even the big : – j

companies have to calculate every minute of film. every hour or ghmung. mm W to 5‘
V make sure the film-makers follow the plan
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I, the seine locations. so that they can be filmed at the same time. This happens even it
j‘ the scenes are from different parts of the film. So if a famous amp; .3 “egg” go, scam-,5 L s
3 at the beginning and at the end of film. these scenes will be filmed together This means 1, 3‘
that expensive actors are only used for a few days. while there scenes are shot – during 5. , v s
the rest of the film-making they are working somewhere else. The audience usually l
y 4 I does not realise that the film scenes they see on the screen were made in a different i
2; ~ ‘» i order from the order they appear in the story This is another part of the illusion that the 1
film can create in the mind of the audience. It is obvious, then. that the making of a film i
will be influenced by both economic and artistic interests This starts before the film can ‘ T
be planned, for many films never get as far as the planning stage Before a film can be l
planned, before the filmmakers or writer’s idea is accepted. the economic question‘
I must be answered The first question the film company manager or producer will want to l ‘*3
1 ask lS. How much will it cost to make?’ The second question will be ‘Will it make a l . V
3 _ profit?‘ in order to make a profit. the film will need to be popular with millions of people i I
around the world. and so the idea of the film must be acceptable to a wide range of 1’ T
If people
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refuse to acce i an idea for a lilrn which would be new. different or unusual An unusual ,_ i
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I film ma be artislicall successful but lose millions for the compan . So it is easier. and I
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i less of it risk. in make films whose ideas are known to the audience. and have made

liloiluy before. it is interesting to see that as films become more expensive ttieremore y T y.

‘repent’ films that continue the story of an earlier film it seems less of an economic risk E V E

to miike 0 film that is similar to. or continues the story of. a film that has already been \ . i 3,;

Question 1 Road the article below and write a 250 word summary

Alttzough {time may be a form of art, they are produced by an industry, the film or movie i
3’ industry. for profit. it is a business, run by businessmen. and so the hard realities of
j-_ .5»; ,5 ” _ money, costs, plans and budgets are very important in the world of cinema. This is not
always clear to the audience, because the films they see mix both reality and illusion
-6:.-i_. ; What an audience sees on the screen is an illusion. because it is not really happening.
The actors are only pretending to love. to hate, to kill the other characters. At the same
‘N time. the actors themselves are real, the characters they play often seem to be similar to
i! real people, and the situations in the film olten seem very similar to the problems and
‘,7? ‘ situations in the real life of the audience.
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f it is often difficult for the audience to see the difference between illusion and reality – and
1-~ many people think that the actors they have seen are as nice or as beautiful or as 1
frightening in real life as they were on the screen. Some actors have the same problem.
and when they become stars they live in a world of illusion. Many stars see themselves
7 as special people. who do not have to follow the same rules as ordinary people. But if
films and their stars create a world of illusion, the industry which makes the films is firmly
based in the world of business. No film can be made before a complicated budget and
shooting schedule have been prepared. Making films is so expensive that even the big
«V companies have to calculate every minute of film, every hour of shooting. and try to
-i make sure the film-makers follow the plan.

SECTION B – READING INTO WRITING SECTION
Question 2
Tou have to vvrite a 300 word re ort In response to this writer’s claim that technoiogy
IS going to kill the tourist industry. You can either agree or disagree but you must
provide evidence and examples where possibte to support your argument.
You also have to write in as objective and format a manner as possible.
Also, if you are going to quote anything from the text that you have read, you are
expected to use referencing.
THE END OF TOURISM by Paul Barnard.
An article from ‘High-Tech Times magazine’ July 2012.

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